Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

Inspiring days at #ISB15 🌊☀️—huge thanks to the organisers! 📸 of our own @ccunninghamyork.bsky.social (& her team) presenting on #multilingual learners in (pre)primary #education & @mattinshambles.bsky.social (& Dr Meddegama) on #translanguaging at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social’s Community Language School

Anyone who is a UK KS1 teacher and has been since 2019 is invited to take part in this study, led by a UG student of mine on the impact of Covid19 on speech and language development. Please consider taking part or forwarding on to those who can. Thank you! yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Language and Social Justice: An Introduction to Linguistic Activism is now published! I loved writing this book with my wonderful colleagues @ccunninghamyork.bsky.social Dai O'Brien and Johanna Ennser-Kananen! www.routledge.com/Language-and...

‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...

I really really really cannot recommend strongly enough that you watch @pollyjhemming.bsky.social's speech at @australiainstitute.org.au "We've been conditioned to believe that we're powerless......everyone person in this room holds power"

Friends of the Earth & We are Open have just published "Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice" with some common sense principles for navigating this uncertain space. policy.friendsofthee...

🌈 Join us for this #LGBTQ+ #history month talk by Dr Daniel Edmondson (he/him) on #slurs, their formation and #reclamation, on Wed 19 Feb (4:30–6:00PM) @yorkstjohn.bsky.social! 🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/colourful-... #linguistics #sociolinguistics #appliedlinguistics #Englishlanguage

Whenever I start to feel anxious I immediately have another coffee and scroll through the worst news imaginable on my phone and omg it does not help at all